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		<title>Equality Florida revels in Rick Kriseman&#8217;s showing</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2017 14:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It may have been close, but for St. Petersburg’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, Tuesday’s mayoral primary proved a significant victory. And it gave the LGBTQ advocacy group Equality Florida a chance to boast. Incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman, who had trailed in both polling and fundraising throughout the race, narrowly edged former two-term Mayor Rick Baker by a slim 69 votes. And while neither candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote – forcing a runoff in November&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawmaker: Governor’s office broke promise to LGBTQs</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tamara Lush]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When 49 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Florida in 2016, Gov. Rick Scott publicly offered his sympathy to the victims’ families and the LGBT community. “These are individuals. Let’s love every one of them,” he said then. Behind the scenes, gay rights advocates say his staffers went a step further, promising to pursue an executive order prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ state workers and contractors. More than a year later, no such order has been issued. The advocates&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
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		<title>Barclay Harless announces trio of summer events in St. Pete Council bid</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Phil Ammann]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Barclay Harless is giving supporters not one, but three new opportunities to connect this summer in his bid for St. Petersburg City Council. The 31-year-old banking executive announced a trio of events Wednesday for the upcoming months as he runs for District 2, which covers most of Northeast St. Petersburg. On Sunday, July 9, Harless will be the featured guest at a Young Professionals Bruch hosted by MB Strategies founder Maya Brown and Cesar Hernandez, who currently serves as government&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Barclay Harless touts LGBTQ endorsements in St. Pete Council race</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(UPDATED) Just in time for the Pride Parade later this month, aspiring St. Petersburg City Council District 2 candidate Barclay Harless is touting endorsements from several members of the LGBTQ community. “Barclay has served on the Pinellas Charter Review Commission, and I saw his leadership abilities and his pragmatic approach to solving challenges. I look forward to working with him as a fellow Pinellas City official,” said Largo City Commissioner Michael Smith, who is serving as a grand marshal for the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On Pulse anniversary, Equality Florida calls Rick Scott to ban LGBTQ discrimination statewide</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 20:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a statement proclaiming Monday as &#8220;Pulse Remembrance Day,&#8221; Gov. Rick Scott  described the Pulse nightclub shooting that killed 49 people a year ago as &#8220;an attack on Orlando, our state, the Hispanic community and on the LGBTQ community.&#8221; Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, the leading advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in Florida, is &#8220;glad&#8221; Scott acknowledges the killings were a direct attack on the gay community, specifically the Latino gay community. But Smith believes the governor could go even further&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hillsborough won&#8217;t officially recognize Pulse shooting anniversary, disappointing some</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mitch Perry]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2017 19:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Monday, June 12, will be one year since the mass shooting of 49 people at the popular Pulse LGBTQ nightclub in Orlando. Less than 48 hours after that horrific night, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, County Administrator Mike Merrill, and a handful of Hillsborough County sheriff deputies participated in an event in Ybor City honoring the victims. At their next meeting, Commissioners supported Beckner&#8217;s motion to raise an LGBT Pride flag at the County Center for the remainder of June, also in honor of the victims.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Equality Florida launches Pulse commemorative action campaign</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Powers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 20:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida&#8217;s largest LGBT advocacy group Equality Florida is launching a #HonorThemWithAction campaign in advance of the June 12 commemoration of people killed, wounded and affected by the Pulse nightclub massacre. The effort at this point aims at creating online rallying opportunities for people interested in contributing time and action to the myriad events being planned for June 11 and 12 both in Florida and nationally, and to find ways to unite in resistance to discrimination and hatred of gays, said Equality Florida Public&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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